The martial arts blockbuster Hero directed by Zhang Yimou has been a box office hit in China since its premier in late December. Anyone who has watched it may still remember the scene featuring an ...

A pupil watches Wang Xi, a guqin teacher, playing guqin in Beibei District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, April 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhao Jiale) During a gathering of amateur guqin players in ...

For those unfamiliar with its rich history, dating back more than 5,000 years, the simple-looking guqin and its seven strings may not strike a responsive chord. But in the eyes and hands of Huang ...

Chen Zilai, a 7-year-old student in Shimei Primary School in Changshu, Jiangsu province, performs in a guqin concert on Aug 29.[Photo provided to China Daily] 2008，Representative List of the ...

This is a music celebration of Grandmaster Zhang Ziqian's life in guqin. The Guqin is one of China's oldest string instruments, dating back over 3000 years. Throughout Chinese history schools of guqin ...

A guqin concert serves as a highlight of a recent culture festival, Zhang Kun reports in Suzhou. The Suzhou Culture and Tourism Festival, which started on Aug 24, is showcasing 22 performances of 18 ...

Gao Chong and Wang Peng (right) perform at the National Centre for the Performing Arts on September 19, 2013. Photo: Courtesy of Juntian Fang Guqin becalms, says Wang Peng. The music plunges the ...

Click the photo and watch the video. NANCHANG, March 20 (Xinhua) — The Guqin, a plucked seven-string traditional Chinese instrument, boasts a history of over 3,000 years. Feng Yihua plays Guqin at a ...

KUNMING, July 23 (Xinhua) -- When Dong Jinyun tried to craft guqin with a kitchen knife at home nine years ago, he had not expected that the seven-stringed zither would become a special key to ...

The Chinese zither, called guqin, has existed for over 3,000 years and represents China’s foremost solo musical instrument tradition. Described in early literary sources and corroborated by ...